The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-05

buried beneath it. When the conductor
opened the door he couldn't see one of us
we warntN hurt much, but it was pretty
lively there for little while
Did L ever jump. No sir. And don't
you Jump II you want to be on the safest
side sd No, sir; that thing would never do.
ne chances are that if you ever jump you
Will either be killed or badly smashed up; so
Just stick to the car and take your chances.
The safest way is to grab something station
airy. If can't get that just throw myself
ON the floor and take things as they come.
mats the reason so many people get hurt.
They lose their heads and then Jump after
them suppose. Just as soon as they hear
whistle at an unusual place, or a humping
up and down, everybody jumps up and
rushes to see what's the matter That's
where they miss it. If they just sat still
and held to their seats their chances would
be better andescape more probable"
suppose you've seen some pretty lively
travelling in your timer
Yes; but that isn't a circumstance to
some of the slow travelling I've SEEN You
know how far it is from Guilford to New
Havens Well, if you don't, it's about fit
teen miles. l remember once in a snow
storm we left Guilford on Thursday, and
We didn't get into New Haven until the next
Saturday.
Queer charactersa Yes; sometimes see
some queer characters, and some that are
not very welcome. Yes, have all sorts of
persons come in here just as you've come in,
| and they don't all come in for any good
Once found fellow in here, and knew
| the minute | put my eyes on him that he
| was a tough one. He was evidently trying
to change checks on trunks, so ordered him
| out. He said he wouldn't go, so I Just
picked up a couplng-we didn't have the
| Miller platform then-and l told him that
If ne didn't go before l counted three l
would let him have it."
did he goa"
"He went"
| HOnce in awhile people lose their checks
| Ii they would report it to the conductor
| at once it would save them lots of trouble
and time, but they don't and consequently
trunk sometimes gets into the wrong
| hands,
| "Dangers No, never think of the dan
| ger never allow myself to- You see
when aman gets to brooding over anything
his mind gets disordered and he comes to be-
| lieve that what he's thinking of is so. That's
| what makes so many suicides. Ifeel just as
| safe here as would sitting on the top of
that hill yonder. Perhaps it's because I've
been SO long on the trains"
| And that was what led to the "figgerin"
| which called forth the exclamation.
Let us see now about how many miles
|
every day. That's 232 miles. Six days in
| the week; that's 1892 miles a week"
YES, but didn't travel every week after
| the first eighteen months"
"Well, then, for the first eighteen months
| you got over 1888 miles"
| well, guess that's So"
| And then for the time you've run in the
twenty-seven years you've been with this
road you've covered ,691, 5S2 miles.
well, don't forget the fourteen years l
was with the Boston and Providence road.
can't tell just how much run before that,
| as | was shifted around more, but l guess
| from what we've found now that my four
| teen years between Boston and New York
| before that will make up a balance of
1000, 900 miles"
why, that's as good as going around the
| earth eighty times. Two million miles,"
"Yes, sir; that's about the size of it, if
your figgerin' IS correct"